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Didier Boidin Appointed General Manager for InterContinental Le Grand Hotel Paris and Regional Director of Operations / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Didier Boidin Appointed General Manager for InterContinental Le Grand Hotel Paris and Regional Director of Operations Paris, France (April 20, 2005) - Didier Boidin has been appointed General Manager for InterContinental Le Grand Hotel Paris as well as assuming the role of Regional Director of Operations. As General Manager, Boidins responsibilities will include increasing the stature of the historical Parisian treasure, which was fully renovated in 2003. As Regional Director of Operations, Boidin will oversee the daily business negotiations of InterContinental properties in...
Karmar, S.A. Signs Franchise Agreement with InterContinental Hotels to Open the Crowne Plaza Asuncion in Paraguay / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Karmar, S.A. Signs Franchise Agreement with InterContinental Hotels to Open the Crowne Plaza Asuncion in Paraguay MIAMI, Fla. (April 15, 2005) -- InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) (LSE:IHG) (NYSE:IHG) (ADRs), one of the world's largest and most global hotel companies, has signed a franchise agreement with Karmar, S.A. to open the Crowne Plaza Asuncion in Paraguay's capital. "When this Crowne Plaza opens in July, IHG will add Paraguay to our long list of global destinations," says Alvaro Diago, area president, InterContinental Hotels Group Latin Ame...
Western Hospitality Group, LLC Arranges the Acquisition of the Country Inn & Suites, Tempe, Arizona / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Western Hospitality Group, LLC Arranges the Acquisition of the Country Inn & Suites, Tempe, Arizona April 13, 2005 - Western Hospitality Group, LLC has announced that they have arranged the acquisition of the Country Inn & Suites, 808 N Scottsdale Road, Tempe, AZ 85281. Western Hospitality represented the Buyer, Hallmark Inns & Resorts, Inc. of Lake Oswego, Oregon. The Seller was Heltne/Allen of Paradise Valley, Arizona. The 83 unit, 4 story, limited service property was opened in 1997. It is near the ASU campus, downtown Scottsdale, and it provides shuttle service to Phoenix Internatio...
Comfort Inn & Suites Hotel in Mt. Laurel Receives Gold Hospitality Award / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Comfort Inn & Suites Hotel in Mt. Laurel Receives Gold Hospitality Award MT. LAUREL, N.J. (April 27, 2005) – The Comfort Inn & Suites, located here at 6000 Crawford Place, recently received a Gold Hospitality Award from Choice Hotels International, franchisor of the Comfort Inn hotel brand. The Gold Hospitality Award is presented annually to hotels that exceed Choice Hotels’ rigid quality assurance standards. "This prestigious award recognizes exceptional service, facilities and hospitality," said Dean Baij, senior d...
The Sheraton Cleveland City Centre, Owned by Lehman Brothers, Reflagged – Crowne Plaza Cleveland City Centre / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report The Sheraton Cleveland City Centre, Owned by Lehman Brothers, Reflagged - Crowne Plaza Cleveland City Centre ATLANTA (April 18, 2005) - InterContinental Hotels Group announced today the opening of its latest 472-room Crowne Plaza hotel in Cleveland, with plans to complete a $2 million renovation by end of 2005. There are now 4 Crowne Plaza hotels with more than 1,300 guestrooms in the state of Ohio with the addition of the Crowne Plaza Cleveland City Centre. The InterContinental Hotels Group portfolio in Ohio is represented by six of its brands including the upper upscale, upscale, full servi...
Choice Hotels Selects Shift4 as Payment Gateway; $$$ ON THE NET to be Installed at 2650 Properties by September / April 2004
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online .Special Report Choice Hotels Selects Shift4 as Payment Gateway; $$$ ON THE NET to be Installed at 2650 Properties by September Las Vegas, NV, April 20, 2005 Worldwide lodging franchisor Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE:CHH) has signed an exclusive three year agreement with Shift4 Corporation to provide Shift4's $$$ ON THE NET software to Choice Hotels franchisees. We are extremely pleased to be partnering with Choice Hotels in delivering our $$$ ON THE NET solution to their franchise properties. I think this agreement says a lot about both companies - Choice, in terms of their obvious commit...
HVS/American Hospitality Management Company Adds the Country Suites by Carlson, Chanhassen, MN to Hotel Management Portfolio / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report HVS/American Hospitality Management Company Adds the Country Suites by Carlson, Chanhassen, MN to Hotel Management Portfolio MINNEAPOLIS, April 14, 2005 - HVS/American Hospitality Management Company is pleased to announce it has added the Country Suites by Carlson, Chanhassen, MN to its expanding hotel management portfolio. The Country Suites by Carlson, in Chanhassen features 120 guest suites; high speed wireless internet access; executive boardrooms and conference meeting space for up to 120 people; a complimentary breakfast buffet; the High Timber Lounge; an indoor swimmin...
Harrah's, Caesars Complete Sale of Four Casinos to Colony Capital / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Harrah's, Caesars Complete Sale of Four Casinos to Colony Capital LAS VEGAS, Nev. (April 27, 2005) -- Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:HET) and Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:CZR) today completed the sale of Harrah's East Chicago, Harrah's Tunica, Atlantic City Hilton and Bally's Tunica to an affiliate of Colony Capital, LLC. The Colony affiliate paid a combined total of approximately $1.24 billion for the four properties. Harrah's and Caesars sold the four properties in connection with the $9.4 billion merger agreement between the two companie...
Wyndham Starts Multi-Million Dollar Renovation at the Carmel Valley Ranch / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Wyndham Starts Multi-Million Dollar Renovation at the Carmel Valley Ranch CARMEL, Calif. - April 6, 2005 -- Carmel Valley Ranch - A Wyndham Luxury Resort located in the artistic mecca of Carmel, Calif., has recently begun a renovation project that will make over the property's 144 guest suites. Slated for completion by the end of the year, the multi-million dollar project also includes plans to revive prime public areas, putting a fresh face on this landmark resort. "The renovation underscores our commitment to continually enhancing our guest experience, providing travelers with ac...
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report California Hotel Buying Seen Keeping Pace With 2004s Record; The Hotel Market is Sizzling Again By Sandi Cain, April 2005 Orange County Business Journal Staff Last year, 320 California hotels were sold, worth $2.2 billion, according to Costa Mesa based Atlas Hospitality Group. Thats up from 267 sales worth $1.8 billion in 2003. The number of hotels sold last year set a record, according to Alan Reay, president of Atlas Hospitality. Thats well past the performance in 2000, he said. In Orange County, 35 hotels changed hands last year, up from 29 a year earlier. Last years ...
Former SunBurst Resort Transformed With New Rooms, Spa, Restaurant, Pools and New Name – Caleo Resort & Spa / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Former SunBurst Resort Transformed With New Rooms, Spa, Restaurant, Pools and New Name - Caleo Resort & Spa SCOTTSDALE, AZ (April 21, 2005) Caleo, pronounced (kuh-lay-o), is Latin for inspire with passion, and the staff and owners of this completely renovated property in the heart of Scottsdale believe the name speaks for itself. With the addition of a new spa, new restaurant, new room product, new meeting space and new pool and public areas, Caleo Resort & Spa has been transformed into an intimate, luxury, boutique property, unique to an area that is well-known for its spr...
Crestline Appoints Carol Simon as General Manager for the New Stonewall Jackson Hotel & Conference Center, Staunton, VA / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Discount Hotels London, Sydney, Rome, AmsterdamParis, Melbourne, Lisbon, Barcelona, Berlin, Hong Kong, New York, Auckland Discount Hotels London, Sydney, Rome, AmsterdamParis, Melbourne, Lisbon, Barcelona, Berlin, Hong Kong, New York, Auckland Crestline Appoints Carol Simon as General Manager for the New Stonewall Jackson Hotel & Conference Center, Staunton, VA MCLEAN, Va., April 11, 2005 - Crestline Hotels & Resorts, Inc. today announced the appointment of Carol Simon to the position of General Manager for the new Stonewall Jackson Hotel & Conference...
Robb Hall and Michael Roddy Appointed to Key Hotel Posts with CSM Lodging / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Robb Hall and Michael Roddy Appointed to Key Hotel Posts with CSM Lodging MINNEAPOLIS April 13, 2005 CSM Lodging, a division of CSM Corporation, announced today that Robb Hall has been promoted to managing director of the historic Depot complex, which includes a Courtyard by Marriott, a Residence Inn by Marriott, 60,000 square feet of flexible banquet space, an indoor skating rink and indoor water park in downtown Minneapolis. In addition, Michael Roddy was hired as general manager of the Holiday Inn in St. Louis Park, Minn. Robb Hall joined CSM Lodging in 2004 to manage the n...
Knowing Your Customers / Hospitality Column / Carol Ruddick / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hospitality Column By Carol Ruddick Carol Ruddick is co-owner of The Cypress Inn, a AAA Four Diamond bed & breakfast located in Conway, South Carolina. April 2005 - Living in and around the Grand Strand, we encounter hospitality every day. It really doesnt matter whether your customer is a visitor to the area or someone who lives here. We all want to have our needs met. The hospitality industry spans a myriad of businesses - lodging, eateries, retail, entertainment. But, it doesnt stop there. What about the supermarkets, auto repair shops, dry cleaners and doctors offices? In the end, we are all customers ea...
Architect Cesar Pelli Selected to Design the 4,000 room Hotel-casino for MGM Mirage's $4.7 billion Project CityCenter / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review-JournalKnight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 12, 2005 - The architect responsible for the 1,483-foot Petronas Towers in Malaysia and numerous award-winning structures throughout the United States will design the primary component of MGM Mirage's $4.7 billion Project CityCenter. Cesar Pelli, a Connecticut-based architect whose firm, Cesar Pelli & Associates, has collected more than 40 honors from the American Institute of Architects, will design the centerpiece of the 66-acre Strip development, a 4,000-room hotel-casino with a contemporary theme. Pelli...
Clarisa Jimenez Appointed Executive Director and CEO of the Puerto Rico Hotel & Tourism Association / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Clarisa Jimenez Appointed Executive Director and CEO of the Puerto Rico Hotel & Tourism Association March 30, 2005 - The Board of Directors of the Puerto Rico Hotel & Tourism Association (PRHTA), after a lengthy and exhaustive search, has announced the appointment of Ms. Clarisa Jimenez as executive director and CEO of the Association effective April 1st, 2005. She replaces Ms. Erin Benitez who left her post as of March 17th. In her new position, Ms. Jimenez will oversee all activities of the PRHTA, including administrating and implementing the objectives set forth by the Board ...
Christian Dangel Appointed Sales and Marketing Director at Al Raha Beach Hotel in Abu Dhabi / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Christian Dangel Appointed Sales and Marketing Director at Al Raha Beach Hotel in Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi, April 2005 - New sales and marketing director at Al Raha Beach Hotel in Abu Dhabi is Christian Dangel, a Swiss national who joins the resort from the Dolder Grand Hotel in Zurich. A former architecture student, with diplomas in hotel and restaurant management as well as marketing, Dangel trained in Switzerland and Mexico, and began his hotel career with the Bellevue Palace and Best Western Swiss Hotels before moving to South America. After a spell as director of sales and market...
Christopher R. Alto Appointed General Manager at The Melrose Hotel, Washington, D.C. / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Christopher R. Alto Appointed General Manager at The Melrose Hotel, Washington, D.C. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - (April 20, 2005) - John J. DePaul, vice chairman and chief executive officer of Melrose Hotels announced today that Christopher R. Alto has been named general manager of The Melrose Hotel, Washington, D.C. Alto comes to the Washington, D.C. property after almost four successful years as general manager of The Melrose Hotel in Dallas. This move is Alto's second time with the Washington, D.C. Melrose. He served as hotel manager for a year, helping with the transition to the Melros...
California Hotel Buyers Closed a Record 320 Deals in 2004; The highest-priced, the 261-room Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay, Sold for $124.4 million, or
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Michele Himmelberg, The Orange County Register, Calif.Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 6, 2005 - The sales price for hotels soared along with the rest of California real estate last year and the upward trend is likely to continue, reports Atlas Hospitality Group in Costa Mesa. Investors also closed a record 320 deals, spending more than $2.2 billion on hotels last year, a 23 percent increase over 2003. That follows an unprecedented 55 percent jump in dollar volume the previous year, according to Atlas's year-end reports. Orange County accounted for nearly 19 percent of the sta...
BusinessJet Class Announces Association with Valerie Wilson Travel, Inc. / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report BusinessJet Class Announces Association with Valerie Wilson Travel, Inc. New York NY (April 11, 2005) -- BusinessJet Class, the private jet GDS providing the safest and simplest access to the large and lucrative market of private jet charters, has become a Valerie Wilson Travel, Inc. supplier, enhancing that company's private air charter booking capabilities. "We are pleased to welcome Valerie Wilson Travel, Inc., consistently ranked one of the top travel agencies in the US, into the BusinessJet Class family, said George J. Khairallah, President of BusinessJet Class. With clients in the t...
Unable to Get Visas for Foreign Workers, The Broadmoor Hotel Enters Summer Season About 100 Employees Short; Locals Not Willing to Work for $8 to $
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Wayne Heilman, The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo.Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 5, 2005 - The Broadmoor hotel will enter its busiest season with 100 fewer employees than it planned to hire because of problems getting visas for foreign workers. The 2,500-acre resort in Colorado Springs hires about 220 foreign workers every summer for seasonal jobs, such as housekeeping, laundry and golf course maintenance, that draw few local applicants. The foreign employees work from April to October and make between $8 and $9.50 an hour. The minimum wage in Colorado is $5.15 per hour. La...
The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs Spending $24 million to Expand and Renovate its Oldest Guest Rooms / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Wayne Heilman, The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo.Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 21, 2005 - The Broadmoor hotel in Colorado Springs plans to gut its Broadmoor South tower as part of a $24 million project to expand and renovate its oldest guest rooms. The nine-story building, which houses the resort's top-rated Penrose Room restaurant, will be closed throughout the project, scheduled to begin in late October and to be completed in May 2006, Broadmoor President Steve Bartolin said Tuesday. "Our objective is to improve the quality of the guest experience with larger rooms, fiv...
Sierra Club Totally Opposed to Mark Bragg's Proposed $400 million Golf Resort in Palm Springs / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online News for the Hospitality ExecutiveBy Kimberly Pierceall, The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Calif.Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 19, 2005 - For 20 years, debt, bankruptcies, lawsuits and a national calamity have thwarted Mark Bragg's plans to build a $400 million golf resort along the road leading to the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. This could be Bragg's year. Bragg has paid off his outstanding bonds and debts and refinanced the project, he said. He expects to break ground on his Shadowrock resort within the year. "It's the objective I came here for," he said. "I can't give up." The Sierra Club has no intention of ...
Sands Resorts Holdings LLC. Appoints Boykin to Manage Five Condominium Resort Properties in Myrtle Beach / April 2005
February 28, 2005
Hotel Online Special Report Sands Resorts Holdings LLC. Appoints Boykin to Manage Five Condominium Resort Properties in Myrtle Beach Cleveland, Ohio, April 18, 2005 Boykin Management Company, one of the nations leading independent hotel and resort management companies, has announced the addition of Sands Resorts to its managed portfolio. Sands Resorts, one of Myrtle Beachs largest collections of oceanfront condominium hotel units, suites and villas, is owned by Sands Resorts Holdings LLC. The Sands properties (www.sandsresorts.com) include 1,513 units and are proximate to one another at the northern end ...
